Who Should be Aston Villa Manager ? Now with new, revised poll

[dave shelley]

I think the first player he signs (if appointed) that doesn't come from Blose will give us a good indication of what to expect.

Would you think me silly if I said "he ain't been appointed yet, and never might be"?

Please re-read my post.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Has anyone on here backed this appointment?

Not 'I will back the board whatever' that's just a cop out.

Is there anybody who genuinely wants him?

I think there will be a few who will have observed how going against the grain, as Chris Smith did when O'Leary was here, can raise your site profile.

[ez]

Reading the last couple of pages here and it looks like a formality. So he's coming then?

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I think the first player he signs (if appointed) that doesn't come from Blose will give us a good indication of what to expect.

Would you think me silly if I said "he ain't been appointed yet, and never might be"?

Please re-read my post.

Sorry dave...trying to post sneakily at work and ever so slightly traumatized by events!

[Concrete John]

I hope we get some Randy quotes.

I'd try a Carry On box set if that sort of thing floats your boat.

[Concrete John]

I think the first player he signs (if appointed) that doesn't come from Blose will give us a good indication of what to expect.

If it's Robbie Keane then that WOULD be a meltdown!

[Fuse]

He'd have been a good choice when Doug was here. I like to think our ambitions and resources are greater now. The one thing I can't understand is how a lot of the reason for Houllier was his scouting network and contacts, and how this would fit in with the idea of an Ajax-style approach (which I think would be great), yet we now seem to have gone back to the style of O'Neill-lite.

If you take aside his involvement at Blues which doesn't bother me in the slightest (I know it does for many though) I think that it is what the fans see as Randy giving up in ever challenging by choosing a manager who in reality is suited to a lower mid-table PL club.  My reading of his reasonsing behind this si that Randy is now looking at an exit stategy and the first phase is employing someone who is willing to manage with a lot less funds than have previously been made available.

Whether we see a fire sale of all of our good players as a second phase will be interesting, but i would not rule it out.

[Fuse]

My brother had me kicking things aroudn the house last night when he suggested our first signing would be Barry Ferguson.

If that happens then McLeish won't last as long as Clough did at Leeds!

[koreanmeatballs]

Has anyone on here backed this appointment?

Not 'I will back the board whatever' that's just a cop out.

Is there anybody who genuinely wants him?

I think there will be a few who will have observed how going against the grain, as Chris Smith did when O'Leary was here, can raise your site profile.

That's pretty much a no then.

I really cant believe what is happening. I still cling to the hope that this isn't really going to happen, it just can't.

[Percy McCarthy]

Has anyone on here backed this appointment?

Not 'I will back the board whatever' that's just a cop out.

Is there anybody who genuinely wants him?

I think there will be a few who will have observed how going against the grain, as Chris Smith did when O'Leary was here, can raise your site profile.

Do people like that exist?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Has anyone on here backed this appointment?

Not 'I will back the board whatever' that's just a cop out.

Is there anybody who genuinely wants him?

I think there will be a few who will have observed how going against the grain, as Chris Smith did when O'Leary was here, can raise your site profile.

Do people like that exist?

Yeah.
Ones who support this appointment despite every rational reasoning against it.

[jibba81]

Randy looked ten years older on SSN just then. Filmed in London today (apparently)

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Randy looked ten years older on SSN just then. Filmed in London today (apparently)

I don't think I can blame Randy for all this, he knows next to fuck all about football, I think he's been very badly advised.

[KevinGage]

Well 57 people who frequent this site seem to be quite happy with the idea of McCleish as manager.

It did occur to me that a few of those could be longtime B-lose lurkers, but even so, I genuinely can't see how any Villa fan could look at his record and think 'yep, I want a bit of that.'

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

He'd have been a good choice when Doug was here. I like to think our ambitions and resources are greater now. The one thing I can't understand is how a lot of the reason for Houllier was his scouting network and contacts, and how this would fit in with the idea of an Ajax-style approach (which I think would be great), yet we now seem to have gone back to the style of O'Neill-lite.

If you take aside his involvement at Blues which doesn't bother me in the slightest (I know it does for many though) I think that it is what the fans see as Randy giving up in ever challenging by choosing a manager who in reality is suited to a lower mid-table PL club.  My reading of his reasonsing behind this si that Randy is now looking at an exit stategy and the first phase is employing someone who is willing to manage with a lot less funds than have previously been made available.

Whether we see a fire sale of all of our good players as a second phase will be interesting, but i would not rule it out.

Just as I said in earlier post fuse...it's the start of cost-cutting with a view to cutting long term losses. (I don't really WANT to believe this, but....) The appointment, if it happens, makes a big statement of intent that is 100% negative and nothing to do with a "shared vision" of taking the club forward. What F***in vision's that then? I have a feeling RL has given it a go, thinks it's a waste of dosh and is trying to pull out gracefully...as the actress said to the Villa director!